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Results driven apparel and textile sourcing/production professional. Proficient in business practices to achieve positive profit margins and leverage vendor matrices. Skilled in establishing and maintaining global and domestic business partnerships. Knowledgeable in the design and production cycle from pre-season meetings to warehouse delivery. I possess over 20 years from small company (USD1MIL) hands-on responsibilities to major companies USD200MIL in sales

*Lecture college courses in Non-Profit Organization and International Business and Trade to undergraduate students. 
*Design online curriculum 
*Design online quizzes

Full Time Graduate

*Negotiated FOB cost for up to $12M purchase order of Russell Corporations combined brands (Russell Athletic, Jerzees, Mossy Oak and Cross Creek) and maintained all factory bids.
*Worked with trading agencies and factory direct to create and develop new avenues of sourcing in Bangladesh,  India, Pakistan and Tanzania to improve on company objectives in widening the manufacturing matrix as well as  the ultimate goal of improving company margins.
*Traveled to many of the above destinations to work one on one with the agents and direct factories to negotiate all  costs and place orders. 
*Worked with internal stakeholders in assuring appropriate and detailed specification sheets with fabric and trim for costing and sampling. Recommended product development changes to offset cost in a positive margin while not losing design integrity. 
*Evaluate size sets, lab dips and dye lots of sample and bulk goods respectively. Coordinated lab testing and evaluation of bulk fabric.

Sourcing Manager

*Managed approximately $2M of domestic Cut/Make/ Trim (CMT) production. 
*Worked with and managed established offshore contractors in Hondurus and Costa Rica. Implemented tactical improvements and enhancements to these operations based on increased technicality and engineering of product.
*Maintained cutting schedule of domestic contractor
*Worked with domestic contractor in assuring the cut and bundling of panels and production pattern blocks were shipped to offshore contractors for assembly. 
*Organized the logistics of shipping and delivery of fabric and trims to off shore contractors
*Maintained and oversaw a tight work in process (WIP) and time and action calendar 


*Sourced domestically approx. $2MIL of full package programs for assigned four market programs (girls, boys, infant, men’s athletic)
*Negotiated costs and maintained cost sheets of all bids.
*Managed the production and development for promotional apparel for endorsed/signed NBA players for respective  promotional tours.
*Supplied and reviewed Corporate QC manual as well as QC manuals for special make-up programs to assure all compliance were met.
*Submitted all trim and fabric for testing.
*Worked directly with legal to assure all CPSC (Consumer Production Safety Commission) rules and regulations were met in the development of the newborn and infant line.
*Evaluated all domestic vendors within assigned markets on performance, quality and delivery.


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Yolanda Davis

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